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Friday, January 30,1998
Candidate speak out invites student queries
BY ANDRIA CHENG
STAFF WRITER
Candidates running for student
offices said they hoped a planned speak
out in the Pit on Monday would give
them a chance to
interact with their
prospective voters.
The speak out
will be held from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Candidates for
senior class presi-
Speak Out
Feb . 2
11 am. - 2 p.m.
the Pit
dent will take the first hour of the speak
out. Student body and Carolina Athletic
Students to receive
awards from NCPA
BY MATT LECLERCQ
STAFF WRITER
The N.C. Press Association has
selected six students to receive awards
for their work at The Daily Tar Heel.
Leslie Wilkinson, DTH managing
editor, received a second place award for
feature page design last night at a NCPA
ceremony. Five other students will
receive the Duke University Award for
Distinguished Journalism on Higher
Education at Duke University tonight.
The Duke Award will recognize a
series of articles examining the UNC
system that appeared Aug. 20. Rising
tuition costs, the diversity and unity of
the system’s 16 campuses, the need for
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Association presidential candidates will
answer questions for an hour each after
ward.
During the first 50 minutes, candi
dates will have time to state their plat
forms and speak about their campaigns.
The audience will have 10 minutes at the
end of each hour to ask the candidates
questions. Each candidate will have an
opportunity to respond to each question.
Joe Kledis, chairman of the Elections
Board, which is sponsoring the speak
out, said that to his knowledge the speak
out is the first of its kind in his four years
at the University.
The board deliberately scheduled the
improved technology and newly
appointed system president Molly
Broad were the focus of this series. “The
paper provided a clear and concise
exploration of the issues involved," con
test judge Jim Jacobson said. “The pack
age’s excellent writing and relative brevi
ty gave readers a better understanding of
a complicated public policy debate.”
For their reporting in the series
“Turning Point,” the NCPA will honor
DTH Managing Editor Laura Godwin,
Editor Erica Besheais and former State
and National Editor Whitney Moore.
Jake Zamegar, graphics editor, and for
mer design editor Michael Kanarek will
be honored for page design of the arti
cles.
UNIVERSITY
speak out when many students should
be in or near the Pit to make the event as
accessible as possible, Kledis said.
“What’s unique about this opportu
nity is that there isn’t any specific cam
pus group or political group that the can
didates might have to tailor their
responses to,” Kledis said.
“It’s a great opportunity to see these
candidates in living color.”
Jeff Stencel, CAA co-presidential
candidate said he hoped to hear student
concerns that might not have been
addressed in his and junior Jeff Pierce’s
platform.
Hunter McCrossin, a junior from
Mediator appointed to Swain’s case
BY LAUREN BEAL
STAFF WRITER
The mediator who helped resolve a
1996 UNC housekeepers dispute will be
asked to aid discussion between
University Police Lt. C.E. Swain and the
University.
Attorneys for Swain and the
University have
agreed to use
Jonathan Harkavy,
a Greensboro civil
rights lawyer, as
the mediator in
the civil suit.
Swain is suing
the University for
violating his con
stitutional rights
and his rights
under the whistle
blower act.
“The fact that
(the University)
agreed to Harkavy
as mediator was
no surprise,” said
University Police Lt.
C.E. SWAIN
is suing the
University for
violating his
rights under the
whistle-blower act.
Ashley Osment, who represents Swain
along with Alan McSurely.
“Both parties have been impressed
with his work in the past.”
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Rumson, N.J., and candidate for CAA
co-president, said he and his co-presi
dential candidate, Walter Cohn, have
been going around campus talking to
students already.
“We want to see what they would like
to see things done differently,”
McCrossin said.
Anne Neville, a junior from Berlin,
Conn., and a student body president
candidate, said she thought the speak
out would let people come and see what
issues she stood for.
“We are just going to be open to any
questions that people would have about
our platforms.”
Harkavy was the mediator in the
1996 dispute between the University and
75 UNC housekeepers who claimed
unfair employment practices against the
University. A three-year settlement
resulted from the discussions.
After hearing Thursday that the two
sides chose him, Harkavy explained his
role as mediator. “Basically, as a medi
ator I act as a facilitator between the two
parties,’’ he said. “I don’t act as a judge
but I do have the authority to make (the
parties) communicate.”
The agreement to use Harkavy fol
lows a judge’s order to both parties to
work through their problems with medi
ation made in December. No date has
been set for mediation, Osment said.
Conflict started when Swain accused
the University of removing a citation he
had issued to Caroline Hancock, daugh
ter of Board of Trustees member Billy
Armfield, for underage possession of
alcohol.
In November, the University fired
Swain for allegedly falsifying his
timesheets. Swain appealed the ruling
through the University’s grievance
process and filed a suit, but his grievance
was denied.
Chancellor Michael Hooker reinstat
ed Swain in December.
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Price to attend new county
detention center open house
BY ANGELA LEA
STAFF WRITER
While the recent addition to the
Orange County Detention Center came
at a high cost, Friday’s dedication of the
annex will come with a different kind of
price.
U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., will
be the first person to walk through the
newly constructed building, said J.B.
Faucette, jail administrator. Faucette
said the addition would then be open for
the public to tour from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. today.
“There won’t be any grand speeches
or ribbon cuttings, but there will be an
open house to show the building,” he
said.
Faucette said construction on the
$3.1 million addition to the existing
Orange County Detention Center began
in July 1996 and was completed early
this month.
The addition is the first renovation to
the detention center since 1983,
Faucette said.
The construction was funded with
federal money because the center often
houses federal inmates, Faucette said.
He said Orange County was fortu
nate to receive federal aid because taxes
alone could not have covered the
expense.
“It’s very beneficial that we were able
(to get federal money) because local
Campus calendar
Friday
4 p.m. The Physics and Astronomy
Department will present a colloquium titled
“The Interaction of Plasma with Intense
Lasers and the Quest for Fusion,” featuring
William L. Kruer of the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, in 2t>s
Phillips Hall.
Items of Interest
The Conference on Race, Class, Gender
and Ethnicity will present “The Impact of
Drug Laws on Minorities, Women and
Families," Saturday, Jan. 31 from 8:30 a.m.
until 6 p.m. at the UNC School of Public
Health. Admission is free. For more informa
tion contact Rona Karacaova at 933-9740.
Members of University Baptist Student
Committee will host the Hard Hat Cafe at
7:30 p.m. Sunday, featuring a performance
by the Gef Hangers. Free desert and coffee
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taxes would not have paid for (the
expansion),” Faucette said.
Orange County Commissioner
Moses Carey said he thought the addi
tion was needed because of overcrowd
ing.
“This expansion was a response to
the growing number of prisoners that
need to be incarcerated for short periods
of time,” he said.
The rising number of inmates, how
ever, does not necessarily indicate an
increase in crime, said Bill Crowther,
chairman of the Orange County Board
of Commissioners.
“I’m sure there are many factors, but
I attribute (the increased number of pris
oners) more to population growth than
anything else,” he said.
Regardless of the reason behind
crowded conditions, Carey said such
conditions were both inhumane and ille
gal and that the addition had been need
ed for a long time.
Prior to the expansion, the detention
center had bed space for 71, while its
average daily occupancy totaled 112,
Faucette said. The annex provides room
for 58 additional beds.
Faucette, like Carey, said he thought
the expansion would improve the con
dition of the prison.
“Hopefully, this will help us have a
more up-to-date, modern facility that
falls consistently within space guide
lines.”
will also be served. The event is free.
Would you like to be a C-TOPS
Orientation Counselor? Then stop by the Pit
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays, or come
by 311 Can Building. Applications may also
be obtained at the Union desk. The applica
tion deadline is Feb. 5.
Anyone interested in coaching Club Track
& Field, come to practice at the track at 5
p.m., Monday through Thursday. For more
information call Brian at 918-7501 or Mike at
914-7700.
The Cross Cultural Communications
Institute of the Sonja H. Stone Black
Cultural Center is sponsoring a weekly dia
logue workshop series for black and white
women to come together and discuss issues.
Dialogues will continue on Tuesday, Feb. 3
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the BCC, and will
continue on Tuesdays for a minimum of
three weeks.